ABUJA—The Police at Force headquarters said, yesterday, that they have arrested four crime kingpins terrorising Benue State and environs.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Lanre Tejuosho, has said the malnutrition cases at the internally-displaced persons, IDPs, camps in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states were a blessing in disguise, as it will propel the country to make adequate provision for malnourished children in the country.

LOKOJA—Kogi State government has said its policy of appointing young people into political offices was not meant to relegate and forcefully retire the old, but to inject new blood that could drive the much-needed change in the state.

ILORIN—The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Traditional Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has absolved Fulani herdsmen of responsibility for all the atrocities committed across the country, describing them as peaceful, lovable and honest in their dealings with other tribes.

Dutse—Jigawa State government has released N75.9 million as loans to the state Council of Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, and Council of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, for the purchase of tricycles for its members.

ENUGU—BOARD Chairman of Enugu State Universal Basic Education, ENSUBEB, Mr. Ikeje Asogwa, yesterday said that only the best brains will be recruited by the board in the ongoing primary school teachers’ recruitment exercise.

MAKURDI—Former Senate President, Senator David Mark, yesterday, awarded scholarships to over 2,100 students of higher institutions from the three senatorial zones of Benue State for the 2015/2016 academic session.

ABAKALIKI—EBONYI State government in collaboration with The Carter Centre, TCC, has trained 687 school teachers and treated over 435,676 school age children with prazinquatel in 687 schools across seven local government areas of the state.

ENUGU—The Enugu State Chapter of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has called on the federal government to take urgent and drastic measures to put an end to the incessant attacks and killings of innocent citizens by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

LOKOJA—The family of the All Progressive Congress, APC governorship candidate in the November 21, 2015 governorship election in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, has declared support for Governor Yahaya Bello.